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The B is a stepping stone — borrowed at rung 1 to keep boots a real word, then given back at the summit. There may be several par routes — the census above shows which ones climbers actually took.
The underground part of a plant that absorbs water.
Root comes from Old Norse 'rót,' which displaced the Old English word 'wyrt' for the same thing. It is related to the Latin word 'radix,' meaning root, which gives us 'radish.' The figurative sense of origins or heritage developed naturally from the plant sense.
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗A period of twelve months or one earth orbit of the sun.
Year comes from Old English 'gēar,' shared across Germanic languages including German 'Jahr' and Dutch 'jaar.' It traces back to a root meaning season or time of year. The word has been central to timekeeping in English since its earliest records.
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